HEMIPTERA. 401 



much elevated, and forming the apex of a transverse ridge or 

 tubercle. Legs brown, thickly clothed with hairs like those of 

 the under side of the body ; anterior and intermediate pairs paler 

 tiian the posterior ; tarsi somewhat fulvous, with the tips of the 

 claws black ; posterior thighs moderately thickened, with only 

 two or three small teeth near the apex ; tibia? much compressed, 

 slightly incurved in the middle, where they are widest and bear 

 an acute tooth on the inner margin ; the remainder of the inner 

 margin to the apex is denticulated. Rostrum pale brown, with 

 the tip black. Antennae rather short, deep fulvous, with the basal 

 joint brown. 



a. Congo. Presented by Sir John Richardson, M.D, 



42. MICTIS flaveola. 



Cimex flaveolus, Drury, Ins. iii. pi. 59. fig. 43. 3 (1782). 

 Paryphes Andrew, Burm. Handb. ii. 336. 5 (1835). 

 Cerbus Boerhavise, H. Sch. Wanz. vi. 85. t. 208. fig. 655 (1842). 

 Myctis religiosus, Hope, Cat. 12 (1842). 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



43. MICTIS? marginalis, n. s. 



M. nigra ; thorace scutelloque liiiea longitudinali fulva ; elytris 



linea abbreviata transversa alba; abdominis marginibus coc- 



cineis. $ . 



Long. lin. 8. 



Head black. Ocelli reddish. Thorax black, somewhat opaque, 

 impunctate, with a broad longitudinal orange streak down the 

 middle, a transverse impression near the anterior margin, and 

 another semicircular one near the hinder margin ; lateral angles 

 somewhat prominent. Scutellum black, with a broad orange 

 longitudinal stripe down the centre. Coriaceous portion of the 

 elytra black, somewhat opaque, finely and sparingly punctured, 

 with the nervures elevated ; a whitish transverse band runs from 

 the inner apical angle to the middle of the disc ; membrane 

 black. Abdomen above red, with the apical portion and a lon- 

 gitudinal band on each side black ; margins scarlet, wdth a black 

 band on the posterior portion of the fourth segment. Abdomen 

 beneath deep black, shining, with the margins scarlet; the disc 

 impunctate, the sides with a few patches of coarse punctures 

 about the stigmata. Breast black, shining, with a few minute 

 punctures on the antepectus ; medipectus with a short whitish 

 line on each side at the margin. Legs black ; posterior thighs 

 much thickened, serrated beneath ; tibiae compressed, much in- 

 dented in the middle, where there is a strong spine on the inner 

 margin. Rostrum and antennae black. 



a. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



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